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Post by philman on Jan 13, 2014 12:19:07 GMT
I slap my forehead as I just realize: Andrew Smith = most common boring name in English language Clearly his powers were already in effect at his birth. It's usually John Smith is the most 'common' name, Andrew is more Scottish anyway |
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Post by zimmyzims on Jan 13, 2014 13:17:15 GMT
Hah, just noticed that Kat is wearing a "Joe Cool" sweatshirt tied around her waist while they explore Jeanne's Tomb. gunnerkrigg.com/?p=432Who's Joe Cool anyway? By the way, on the misconception topic: I bet that served to drive the teenagers insane if anything. |
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Post by GK Sierra on Jan 13, 2014 17:23:37 GMT
Hah, just noticed that Kat is wearing a "Joe Cool" sweatshirt tied around her waist while they explore Jeanne's Tomb. gunnerkrigg.com/?p=432Who's Joe Cool anyway? Only the smoothest man alive. I learned everything I know from him.  |
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Post by eskhn on Jan 13, 2014 23:51:13 GMT
Gamma frowning at Zimmy in the middle panel: www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=738(edit) And beaming thoughts into her brain and then Zimmy looking all sulky the panel before that. |
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Post by Eversist on Feb 3, 2014 23:56:10 GMT
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Post by Daedalus on Feb 5, 2014 5:34:53 GMT
I had somehow forgotten this page. How could I?!? It was my favorite page of all except for all of my other favorites. I'll just go in a corner and cry now. |
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Post by keef on Feb 22, 2014 19:21:43 GMT
Every time I read this page I thought about a local superstition; If someone in my family would give a knife or another sharp object as a present, they would add something like a cake to be cut with it. The idea is the knife would otherwise "cut" the friendship. I decided to look it up, and the belief seems to be quite common (with all kinds of local variation) And of course the ties between Surma and Jim were broken. Writing this I suddenly realise.. |
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Post by zimmyzims on Feb 22, 2014 22:53:46 GMT
Every time I read this page I thought about a local superstition; If someone in my family would give a knife or another sharp object as a present, they would add something like a cake to be cut with it. The idea is the knife would otherwise "cut" the friendship. I decided to look it up, and the belief seems to be quite common (with all kinds of local variation) And of course the ties between Surma and Jim were broken. Writing this I suddenly realise..Great! Very interesting, maybe Tom is into this symbolism, who knows. He is very much into a whole lot of other symbolisms. |
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Post by Gulby on Feb 24, 2014 9:57:11 GMT
I have a friend who have this superstition, too. Whenever she has to offer a knife, she "reclaims" one cent in exchange, to avoid the friendship cutting. As long as it is not a gift anymore, it's good.
I don't share those beliefs, but it seems interesting here !
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Post by Eversist on May 7, 2014 0:55:08 GMT
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Post by philman on May 7, 2014 10:55:06 GMT
Reading it now it makes me wonder whether Renard and Ysengrin were around at the time to be tripped over... |
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Post by Daedalus on May 7, 2014 15:03:54 GMT
Reading it now it makes me wonder whether Renard and Ysengrin were around at the time to be tripped over... Yes, potentially. gunnerkrigg.com/?p=773But Mort was not. |
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Post by corona688 on May 7, 2014 19:10:21 GMT
On 1089, I just realized it is Ysengrim's own tree-arm that's digging into his head, not Coyote's paw. |
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Post by corona688 on May 7, 2014 19:28:11 GMT
He can't anymore, he gave that power away to Renard. (It's late, so I can't be bothered to go find the quote from Tom that says that. Similarly, Coyote hasn't had the ability to control trees since he gave that one to Ysengrin.) Ah, but he CAN -- Ysengrin's tree at least, look what removes the memory. Not a coyote paw. |
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Post by corona688 on May 7, 2014 19:29:34 GMT
The exact amount of interacting that qualifies as "interfering" is an open ended question, but apparently talking to mortals does not count. Mutt and Ketrak both allowed Kat to see them. They can't seem to do much else tough. Kat is a friend of Annie and there was nobody else in the room, so I guess that works for them. Ketrak is apparently some kind of lovecraftian horror though. I'm betting that some of the nameless horrors Zimmy sees are Ketrak. |
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Post by Daedalus on May 7, 2014 23:36:47 GMT
He can't anymore, he gave that power away to Renard. (It's late, so I can't be bothered to go find the quote from Tom that says that. Similarly, Coyote hasn't had the ability to control trees since he gave that one to Ysengrin.) Ah, but he CAN -- Ysengrin's tree at least, look what removes the memory. Not a coyote paw. He can still shapeshift. I think that's his paw, now with claws. |
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Post by katarinanavane on May 8, 2014 14:38:59 GMT
Just joined the forums. I'm sure this was obvious to other people, but this most recent re-reading (my 4th or 5th time through the archives) I noticed that when eglamore teleports to annie in #1083 it makes the same symbol and sound effect that Brinnie uses in the flashbacks. Does he have some sort of Norse connection too, or did she teach it to him? Or maybe she's powering the signal beacon stick things somehow?
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Post by Toloc on May 9, 2014 7:27:33 GMT
On 1089, I just realized it is Ysengrim's own tree-arm that's digging into his head, not Coyote's paw. No, that's Coyote's "hand", for example visible here (p1074) or here (p686)
I just noticed on this page (484) Coyote says "see the mighty trees, the strong bones of my body" and "the rocks and stones, powerful teeth of mine". It turned out to be quite literal for the rocks as his teeth ( see p686). Is it as literal with the trees as his bones? Then he has a big problem in his hypothetical confrontation with Ysengrin. Would fit the classical motive of the trickster screwing themselves over. |
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Post by Aura on May 9, 2014 17:29:44 GMT
I'm not sure if this is a theory or a definite trend, or if someone has mentioned it before, but I noticed all dead people Annie has had to take to the ether have had their deaths related to fire in some way.
Her mom --> Fire Elemental
Boy who was bitten by fire --> self-explanatory
Mort --> Blown to smithereens by a bomb...I associated bombs with fire, but that's just me.
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Post by GK Sierra on May 9, 2014 17:52:36 GMT
I'm not sure if this is a theory or a definite trend, or if someone has mentioned it before, but I noticed all dead people Annie has had to take to the ether have had their deaths related to fire in some way. Her mom --> Fire Elemental Boy who was bitten by fire --> self-explanatory Mort --> Blown to smithereens by a bomb...I associated bombs with fire, but that's just me. Now THIS is interesting. Perhaps she's already sliding into her niche as a psychompomp, despite her wanting nothing to do with the job? |
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Post by chrisjenl on May 9, 2014 18:11:25 GMT
I'm not sure if this is a theory or a definite trend, or if someone has mentioned it before, but I noticed all dead people Annie has had to take to the ether have had their deaths related to fire in some way. Her mom --> Fire Elemental Boy who was bitten by fire --> self-explanatory Mort --> Blown to smithereens by a bomb...I associated bombs with fire, but that's just me. Then er can be a problem with bringing in Jeanne. She don't have a fire dead i now about. |
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Post by warrl on May 9, 2014 21:09:22 GMT
Jeanne died because Steadman fired a custom-built arrow at her lover.
grinduckrunrunrun....
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Post by keef on May 9, 2014 21:30:42 GMT
Well, the girl was hot!
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Post by Toloc on May 10, 2014 9:17:14 GMT
One could make a case about burning rage....
And technically she didn't take the boy to the ether, she just helped him decide who would.
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Post by Ophel on May 11, 2014 14:14:22 GMT
Just joined the forums. I'm sure this was obvious to other people, but this most recent re-reading (my 4th or 5th time through the archives) I noticed that when eglamore teleports to annie in #1083 it makes the same symbol and sound effect that Brinnie uses in the flashbacks. Does he have some sort of Norse connection too, or did she teach it to him? Or maybe she's powering the signal beacon stick things somehow? Well, triangles were involved. And, apparently, in the Norse mythology, they do enjoy triangles. Perhaps it's one of the... "technologies" lent by the Norse pantheon? Assuming GC still have their connections. I just noticed on this page (484) Coyote says "see the mighty trees, the strong bones of my body" and "the rocks and stones, powerful teeth of mine". It turned out to be quite literal for the rocks as his teeth ( see p686). Is it as literal with the trees as his bones? Then he has a big problem in his hypothetical confrontation with Ysengrin. Would fit the classical motive of the trickster screwing themselves over. I'm not sure which confrontation this may be, but I'm assuming that would be the confrontation which involves Ysengrin and his power over trees. If this is the case, then the way I see it, just because Ysengrin was given by Coyote the power to control trees, that doesn't mean he can overpower the one who gave him that ability in the first place. For example, Coyote might have given him those powers with a rule that it cannot affect Coyote. But I can't definitively say that this is the case. |
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Post by Eversist on May 15, 2014 0:58:33 GMT
Just joined the forums. I'm sure this was obvious to other people, but this most recent re-reading (my 4th or 5th time through the archives) I noticed that when eglamore teleports to annie in #1083 it makes the same symbol and sound effect that Brinnie uses in the flashbacks. Does he have some sort of Norse connection too, or did she teach it to him? Or maybe she's powering the signal beacon stick things somehow? I am unsure if this has been explained at all in the comic or from Tom's FormSpring, but it is possible that the old man mentioned here: www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=539Is at least somehow related to (meaning communicates with) the person that Eglamore talks to and eventually trains with here: www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=546Just a guess. |
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Post by warrl on May 15, 2014 2:42:29 GMT
I am unsure if this has been explained at all in the comic or from Tom's FormSpring, but it is possible that the old man mentioned here: www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=539Is at least somehow related to (meaning communicates with) the person that Eglamore talks to and eventually trains with here: www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=546Just a guess. Not particularly. Brinnie's full name is Brynhildr, and she's a genuine real-thing Valkyrie. That was revealed in the "Questions to Tom" thread. (That was back when Tom was still participating occasionally in the forums; maybe that's it. Anyway, the "old man" she refers to is Odin. ( Here's the thread for that comic. The thread's title has 541 for comic 539 because a couple page numbers had been skipped along the way for various reasons, but sometime I think about a year ago the comics all got renumbered sequentially.) Mr. Thorn is not Odin or any other figure from the Norse pantheon. So far, the only actual deity who has appeared in the comic is Coyote. |
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Post by Eversist on May 15, 2014 15:01:27 GMT
That's why I said "just a guess." I think you mis-read my post. I am well aware of Brinnie's background.  I'm just saying that maybe the two men would talk to each other. It's a shot in the dark, since we have no idea. Who knows, maybe Brinnie herself taught Eggers a thing or two. The pages did get renumbered. |
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Post by mglvna on May 19, 2014 22:17:57 GMT
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Post by Daedalus on May 20, 2014 1:27:16 GMT
I slap my forehead as I just realize: Andrew Smith = most common boring name in English language Clearly his powers were already in effect at his birth. It's usually John Smith is the most 'common' name, Andrew is more Scottish anyway Certainly a more normal name than Stibnite, Carver, Eglamore, or Parley. (Necro-reply!) And that is why Tom is awesome. More precisely, one of the many reasons. |
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I'm just saying that maybe the two men would talk to each other. It's a shot in the dark, since we have no idea. Who knows, maybe Brinnie herself taught Eggers a thing or two.